Post by Leo on Apr 19, 2024 10:00:51 GMT -5
WCW Superbrawl for 4.21.24
Live from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina
Premium Live Event on Netflix
Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon and Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Cappetta
Interviewer: Missy Hyatt
Referees: Tommy Young, Joey Marella and Charles Robinson
(Basically doing just finishes to having shorter write-ups)
AEW International Title Shot Tournament Finals
“National Treasure” Nick Aldis vs. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
Referee: Tommy Young
Winner: Nick Aldis by pinfall at 14:21
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt is with Jake Roberts “I’m not coming after Dusty Rhodes for his title belt tonight. I’m coming after Dusty Rhodes because he made a mistake by sticking his nose in my business. I’m coming after Dusty Rhodes because he needs a reality check to put him in his place. You see, Dusty Rhodes is believing his own hype. He’s believing everything he’s been feeding the fans for years and they’ve been regurgitating to him. Dusty Rhodes is a man who believes he’s the myth. Tonight, Dusty, I show you you are still nothing but a man.”
— — — — —
The Von Erichs (David and Kevin) vs. Strictly Business (Thom Latimer and Royce Isaacs)
Referee: Joey Marella
Kevin plays face in peril. He blocks a sunset flip and gets a fistdrop on Isaacs. He crawls for the tag, but Latimer stops him. Isaacs with an eye gouge and a backrake. He hits the Money Clip and tags Latimer. They go for a double team power slam, but Kevin slips off the back and gets a dropkick to both guys. Tag to David who cleans house. He nails the North Texas Stampede on Latimer, but Isaacs breaks up the pin. Marella argues with Isaacs and we get a run-in from the debuting Chris Adonis. He hits David with a full nelson slam. He beats up Kevin on the floor. Latimer with the Devil Driver.
Winners: Strictly Business by pinfall of Latimer on David at 10:50
Barrett on commentary mentions how Adonis ran with Latimer and Isaacs on the indy circuit. The trio celebrates on the floor afterward.
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has Triple H in the back. “Tony Khan has been pretty good to me since I got to All Elite Wrestling. But sending me to the cesspool hell hole of WCW that I was lucky enough to escape early in my career is the worst thing he could ever do. I’m slumming being here tonight and I hope Bruce Prichard and his money man appreciate that. I know the WCW mouth breathing fans sure as hell don’t. I was kind of hoping I’d get to kick Steve Austin’s ass one last time, but I’ll take Nick Aldis. I’ve never really cared for him using my Pedigree as his Treasure Chest. That always put a knot in the pit of my stomach. Tonight I untwist that knot as I fold Aldis into a pretzel and leave him laying on the canvas staring at the lights.”
— — — — —
Promo for the new look WCW and Nitro on Netflix.
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has Randy Savage. “Chris Jericho loses one match against Magnum TA and then loses his mind, uh huh, yeah. Well, the Macho Man lost his mind a long time ago, brother. I’m crazy, alright, crazy like a fox. Jericho thought he could take some shortcuts in his match with Brian Pillman, uh huh, yeah, and I would just sit there on commentary saying, “ooh, yeah, man, that’s cool.” Well, it’s not cool, man! The Macho Man doesn’t take shortcuts, oh no. I jump in the Ferrari of madness and do a 120 straight down the freeway of insanity straight through Parts Unknown, right past Suplex City and right up to Winnipeg, Canada, and crashing that car so far up your ass the headlight beams will be coming out of your eyes, Jericho. Oh yeah, dig it!”
— — — — — —
“The Prizefighter” Kevin Owens vs. Magnum TA
Referee: Charles Robinson
Owen with the pop-up powerbomb and he lines up the package piledriver, but Magnum fights out, regains his feet and does a double leg trip. He goes for a standing figure four, But Owens puches Magnum in the head and turns into a small package for a two count. Magnum charges into a big European uppercut. Owens goes for the Stunner, but Magnum turns it into a back suplex. Diving knee drop from the second rope. Magnum goes for the belly to belly suplex, but Owens elbows out. Argentine neckbreaker for a two count. He goes up top for the bullfrog splash. Eddie Gilbert walks out and jaws at Owens. This distraction allows Magnum to shake the ropes so Owens crotches himself and Magnum gets a super belly to belly suplex.
Winner: Magnum TA by pinfall at 9:32
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has Hulk Hogan. “The Hulkster has been hanging and banging down on the Florida coast, brother, waiting for the shifting sands of WCW to settle again. The more things change, brother, the more they stay the same. The nWo might be dead and buried again, jack. But the Hulkster and L.A. Knight are still here, brother, and the beef between us needs to end. On the first Nitro on Netflix, brother, I challenge Knight to a WCW Wild Card Title shot. He can pick the stipulation, because whatever he wants to do, brother, it can’t stop the 24-inch pythons from running wild on you.”
— — — — — —
No disqualification, no countout
“The Queen” Charlotte Flair vs. Kamille Kaine
Referee: Tommy Young
The women go to the outside and Kaine gets an Attitude Adjustment onto the floor. She sets up a table, but that allows Flair to recover and gets a Russian leg sweep from behind. Flair lays Kaine on the nearby ring steps, but misses a knee drop to the steps. Kaine delivers a kneebreaker to the ring wall. She follows with a ringpost figure four, but Flair won’t give up. Kaine lines up a Rock Bottom on the apron to go through the table, but Flair fights back and delivers a sitout facebuster through the table. Flair urges Kaine to get up, because she wants the spear. Kaine sidesteps and Flair plows her into the ring wall. Kaine lifts the floormats and delivers two knee breakers on the concrete. Back in the ring, she applies a single leg crab and Flair eventually gives up.
Winner: Kamille Kaine by submission at 12:12
Kaine won’t let the crab go after the match, which draws out the Von Erichs. That brings out Strictly Business and the addition of Chris Adonis gives them the numbers advantage and the heels leave the faces down and out.
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has the UWA Universal Tag Team Champions of the New Foundation of Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart. Owen speaks. “My brother, Bret, beat me at Destination Dallas III. It goes that way with us. He wins some, I win some. What matters the most is that Jim and I are still the undefeated, unified UWA Universal Tag Team Champions and we’re itching to defend these belts whenever and wherever. And that’s something Bret can’t interfere with because he’s out of friends, out of family and out of luck.”
Bret enters the picture. “Look, the nWo might be dissolved thanks to the Bruce Prichard roster cuts, but I never needed them. They needed me. The family might be speaking to you and Jim over me, but I never needed them. They needed me. What you two forget was I was a tag team partner to you both and carried both your asses in every match we had as a team. I can pick any partner and take those belts off of you at the first WCW Nitro on Netlfix. He won’t be nWo, he won’t be family, hell, he won’t even be Canadian.”
Bret extends his hand and Owen shakes it, then Jim and they part with a lot of tenseness in the air.
— — — — —
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. “Lionheart” Chris Jericho
Referee: Charles Robinson
Savage ducks the Judas Effect and works the boxing punches. He takes down a woozy Jericho with the hooking lariat. A body slam for placement and Savage goes up to for the elbow smash, but flies into a Code Breaker. Both men down and Jericho eventually covers for a two count. A Breakdown gets a two count. Jericho eats knees on a Lionsault attempt. Savage with an atomic drop and boomerang clothesline. Vertical suplex and he goes up again. Instead of going for the elbow smash, Savage actually comes off with his double ax handle, figuring Jericho was going to get up. He waves his finger like ‘no, not fooling me twice.’ And Savage goes old school Memphis by winning with a piledriver.
Winner: Randy Savage by pinfall at 15:48
Jericho throws a tantrum post match after recovering.
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has “The Model” Rick Martel and Asuka in the back. Martel talks. “I couldn’t be more proud of my little Asuka winning the WCW Women’s Title. She brings gold to us and proves that we are the greatest power couple in WCW and all of the UWA. And Tessa Blanchard isn’t taking the belt off of Asuka in the ring tonight. I give Blanchard’s face, her body and her in ring skills the same score.” Martel holds up a card with a big zero on it and laughs. Asuka yells “Asuka champion. Asuka arrogance” and sprays the atomizer into the camera lens.
— — — — —
WCW World Tag Team Titles
Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) © vs. Perfectly Wonderful (Curt Hennig and Paul Orndorff) with Col. Robert Fuller
Referee: Joey Marella
A double team move by the heels goes wrong early and Hennig winds up elbowing Orndorff right in the side of the head. Orndorff spends the rest of the match on the apron, really selling the shot with his head down and shaking it. Hennig oversells a spinebuster by Stevie Ray and jumps up into a lariat. Tag to Booker T who comes in with a Harlem Sidekick for a two count. He goes up top for the Harlem Hangover, but Fuller jumps up on the apron and shakes the ropes. Booker T avoids crocheting himself and drops back to the mat. Stevie Ray comes to get Fuller. This pulls over Marella. Orndorff has the loaded loafer and comes in, but acts like he’s kind of seeing double and “accidentally” blasts Hennig. Booker T is like ‘whatever’ and gets the Bookend for the victory.
Winner: Harlem Heat by pinfall of Booker T on Hennig at 7:32
Orndorff just sort of wanders off still selling, while Fuller is trying to figure out what happened.
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has L.A. Knight. “I regret the nWo breaking up because of the roster cuts, but I regret Hulk Hogan still being here even more. Hogan wants to face me for the WCW Wild Card Title on the first WCW Nitro on Netflix. He’s got it. He wants me to pick the stipulation? That makes him a dummy, yeah. And I won’t keep him in suspense. I turned my back on Hogan and took over the nWo when I cost Hulk Hogan the WCW Wild Card Title in a match against Bret Hart. He lost and retired, but still hung around in the back until he could worm his way back into the ring. That makes all of us the dummies, yeah. But this time Hogan, when you’re gone, you’re gone, yeah. Loser leaves town. And we’re finally gone for good from WCW Hogan, it will just be another fact of life.”
— — — — —
AEW International Title
Triple H © vs. “National Treasure” Nick Aldis
Referee: Tommy Young
Triple H backdrops out of the Treasure Chest and looks pissed. He hits the Harley Race knee. Aldis reverses a whip to the ropes, but Triple H gets his walking past neckbreaker. Aldis backdrops out of the Pedigree and goes for the sharpshooter. Triple H kicks him out of it, but Aldis bounces off the ropes and comes back with an elbow drop to the knee. He works a kneebar until Hunter breaks with a face rake. He goes old school with an Indian deathlock. Aldis won’t tap, so Triple H lets go. He gets a spinebuster. Triple H goes for the Pedigree again, but Aldis does a double leg pickup and locks on the Sharpshooter. Triple H makes the ropes to break and slides to the floor. Aldis with a baseball slide out. They brawl on the floor. Triple H back into the ring first. He catches Aldis as he takes the apron with a couple punches. Triple H tries to suplex him back into the ring, but Aldis drops to the floor, snapping Hunter’s neck across the top rope. Aldis with a Buckshot Lariat. Spine Shaker and Aldis finishes with the Treasure Chest.
Winner: Nick Aldis by pinfall at 17:54.
— — — — —
Missy Hyatt has Dusty Rhodes. “Jake Roberts was talking real harsh about the American Dream earlier here tonight, baby. Saying that Big Dust lives in his own head. Saying the myth I built is who I believe I am. I have never lost touch with the fact that I’m the son of a plumber, daddy. I’ve never forgotten about the hard times I’ve lived through, daddy. I’ve never forgotten that I’ve wined and dined with kings and queens and sat with the hobos by the fire eating pork and beans. I hold the WCW World’s Heavyweight Title by the grace of the good Lord upstairs and the will of all the great people out there across the land. I’m grounded, I’m real. I know I will lose this title belt one day, Jake Roberts. But it won’t be tonight, daddy.”
— — — — —
WCW Women’s Title
Asuka © with Rick Martel vs. Tessa Blanchard
Referee: Charles Robinson
Martel makes himself a nuisance and interferes on the floor throughout. Blanchard gets the Draping Flatliner for a cover, but Martel puts Asuka’s foot on the ropes. Blanchard goes to the floor and gets in Martel’s face. This allows Asuka to take Blanchard out with a suicide dive. Snake Eyes on the ring apron. Asuka rolls Blanchard back into the ring and follows with a slingshot splash for a two count. Blanchard ducks a spinning wheel kick and comes back with one of her own. She holds Asuka up for awhile in a gorilla press and then drops her. Running big boot. She goes up top for the Magnum. Asuka tries to uses Robinson to climb up, allowing Martel to leap to the apron and make Blanchard crotch herself. Asuka with a pop-up super hurricarana into a pinning predicament. Martel gives the win a perfect 10.
Winner and still WCW Women’s Champion: Asuka by pinfall at 15:34.
— — — — — —
Missy Hyatt has Nick Aldis in the back. “I said I would become the AEW International Champion and do what I do best. That is travel the Universal Wrestling Alliance defending a title to the best of my abilities. The million year international reign of the National Treasure starts anew and…”
Aldis is cut-off by Triple H attacking from behind. Hunter wrestles the title belt away from Aldis and blasts him with it. Aldis is down on the ground and Triple H stands over him holding the title belt. “I’m going to leave this with you, but soon as you get to AEW, I’m taking it back. You chose to play the game and winning the battle doesn’t mean you win the war.” Triple H slams the belt onto Aldis and walks off.
— — — — —
WCW World Heavyweight Title
“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes © vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Referee: Tommy Young
Rhodes with the Flip Flop and Fly. He goes to whip Jake into the near corner, but it gets reversed into the short arm clothesline. However, Rhodes ducks and pulls Roberts into his own short arm clothesline. He throws Roberts into the ropes and does the 10 count punches in the corner. Dusty jumps down and nails the Bionic Elbow. He’s feeling it. Roberts crawls for the corner to get Damien, but Rhodes shakes his finger ‘no’ and pulls Roberts back out by one foot. Roberts kicks Rhodes in the gut with the other foot twice. He gets up and scores with a rising knee lift. Spinning back elbow off the ropes. Jake signals for the DDT. Dusty shoves out of it. Roberts hits the ropes, comes back and hits a snap version of the DDT. This gets the one…two…thre…shoulder up. Roberts argues with Young. Rhodes recovers and charges. Jake moves and Dusty steamrolls Young. Dusty tries to help Young up. Roberts takes off his boot and blasts Rhodes in the back of the head with it. Rhodes drops Young and lands on him. Roberts with a gutbuster and a DDT. Charles Robinson runs out and counts the one…two…three. Roberts celebrates with the title. The crowd is booing like crazy. Young recovers and snatches the belt away from Jake and gives it to Rhodes. It’s a disqualification for the boot shot. A replay clearly shows Young turning his head and being alert enough to see the boot shot as it was delivered. Roberts knocks out Young and Robinson and then walks out.
Winner and still WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Dusty Rhodes by disqualification at 13:45.